SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Creating a better future

CTG & THE SDGS

We’re a woman-run business, passionate about achieving gender parity. Our CEO, Alice, chaired the Women’s Empowerment Principles Taskforce in the Gulf region and continues to campaign for change.

CTG’s internal policies are family friendly; we require all staff to complete gender equality training and have implemented a banding structure that directly aligns benefits and pay-scales to protect diversity and inclusion.

Our team is ready. But what of our initiatives?

Female First pledges to improve women’s access to decent work opportunities in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Launched in 2017, this initiative aimed to achieve 30% female representation across our workforce by 2030 – a goal we reached and exceeded in 2022, eight years ahead of schedule. Despite this achievement, we remain steadfast in our commitment. Female First has three focus areas:

• Source, Submit, Select. We actively grow our database of female candidates, collaborate with our clients and stakeholders to ensure women have equitable access to work opportunities, and support their empowerment once appointed.
• Creating tangible work experience opportunities. Our Women in Aid Internship Programme is female-focused, offering graduates valuable work experience and access to an experienced mentor, helping them kickstart long-term and successful careers in our sector and beyond.
• Enhancing Job-Readiness. Our Committed to Good Curricula equips young women with the knowledge and skills they need to ease their entry into the formal labour market.

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CTG integrates these goals into daily business activities, aiming to improve economic opportunities and quality of life in our countries of operation. We do this by focusing on hiring local nationals, investing in their skills, and ensuring fair and living wages.

In addition, CTG is a member of the United Nations Global Compact’s Business for Peace initiative, a platform of over 130 leading companies dedicated to catalysing action for peace.

Working in fragile and conflict-affected environments, our aim is to drive economic growth and pave the way for a peaceful future.

• Our staff collaborate with governments, businesses and UN agencies to help Somalia transition to peaceful living.
• In South Sudan, our teams empower refugees impacted by the civil war by creating jobs in the refugee camps where they live.
• CTG engineering monitors play their part in the rebuilding of homes and infrastructure in Gaza.
• Our staff monitor the movements of migrants and internally displaced persons in Libya.